'Fortnite: Battle Royale' Teases A Possible Supervillain Skin For Season 4 In New Reveal

You can set your watch to new teases from Epic about Fortnite’s season 4, which have been going up every day at 10:15 AM EST all week long. Today is no exception, and Epic is slowly filling in a teaser image that they debuted a few days ago which revealed a superhero theme for the upcoming season.

While everyone is still debating what role the comet has in all this, today we’re seeing a new face on the teaser image that certainly doesn’t look like a hero to me.

The picture is of a very angry looking man with a thin beard and a scar over his eyebrow. If this was just revealed by itself, I wouldn’t have gotten the impression this was a superhero theme at all, but given the characters we’ve seen revealed the last two days, I’m guessing he’s part of the same club.

I’m also guessing he’s a supervillain, not a superhero.

This would correspond with a reported leak I talked about yesterday, where someone who predicted the superhero theme ahead of reveal thanks to inside sources also said that this season would bring with it 2 superhero skins and 2 supervillain skins. I’m pretty sure day 1 was a hero, day 2’s woman could be a hero or villain, but I’m willing to bet that this guy showing up today is definitely a villain, between that expression on his face and that very evil scar.

There’s also a message that accompanies the image that says “Check every corner, box, and bush,” implying he could be some sort of stealth assassin character.

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There are two more segments in this image that appear to be large enough to hold two more portraits, though perhaps there might only be one, with the full reveal of the theme to happen on April 30th itself, the last day of season 3. If so, that would indeed be the 2 hero/2 villain reveal that was predicted.

My colleague Dave Thier had the brilliant idea that Epic could sell two separate Battle Passes, one for the heroes, one for the villains, and you could purchase the other once you completed the first one. I have no idea if that will happen, but conceptually, I love it.

I still have no idea how the comet plays into this. If this is a battle between heroes and villains, logic would dictate that perhaps the villains are trying to cause the comet to crash into the map (into Dusty Depot, not Tilted Towers, if recent rumors are correct) and the heroes are trying to stop it. But the teasers for season 4 have said outright to “brace for impact,” so it does seem like there’s no real way to prevent the comet hitting the map (I think everyone wants it to hit at this point, as it would be a letdown if it didn’t). Perhaps the comet contains these heroes and villains from another realm, but again, this is one aspect of this theme no one seems to fully understand yet, despite these recent reveals.

Presumably all of these revealed characters are going to be available as season 4 skins, and I do like the look of the guy who was revealed today, so I’m definitely going to be grinding for him.

Check back tomorrow for what will inevitably be another reveal.

Update: Here's a different look at the new character from in the game itself. This angle makes me think he might be African-American, but it's hard to know with this color filter.